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On October 17th, 2018 the Ontario Cannabis Store (OCS) will open their web portal for sales.

Until April 2019 that is the only legal means to obtain cannabis, online, that’s it.

Any retail storefront & dispensary is Black Market.

I’ve yet to see how the OCS will compared to existing and established MoMs (Mail Order Marijuana) that exists now.

There will also be a vibrant but I believe small group of enthusiast home growers that may never purchase cannabis again.

Storefront Dispensary (Black Market?)

In Toronto right now, you can pretty much purchase weed at a storefront dispensary or have it delivered to your home via many online distributors or from the dispensaries themselves.

This has been the way of purchasing cannabis for quite some time here but the physical dispensaries are constantly butting heads with law enforcement and getting raided randomly here and there.

Since the Ontario Cannabis Store is being pretty much shelved and being used for online sales come legalization it’s doubtful that people will be flocking full surge to buy their wares from the government site.

Physical dispensaries will be allowed to proliferate and be owned by small businesses/big business in Ontario after April 2019.

No one knows yet how much a license will cost to sell or what will be put forward to facilitate the legal selling here as of yet outside of that one website.

All we know is that opening this up to everyone will have major growth potential.

I’m hoping to see a lot of the current dispensaries operating legally and new ones as well.

It’s going to be pretty cool I think next spring.

Illegal Dispensaries

Pretty certain a lot of the local dispensaries are going to close their doors just before October 17th, 2018.

The federal penalties built into the law are pretty harsh.

I think only a couple dispensary owners have come out to say they are staying open, but that’s pretty much painted a target on themselves.

They don’t intend on going away just waiting a few months to get into the game.

I personally know 3 vape store owners and 2 dispensary owners who will protect their capital, close their doors, and bid for retail.

Anything else is just begging for the stick. Millions in fines for both the dispensary and its retail landlord.

Any dispensary that’s still open come the 17th will be pretty obvious come legalization.